The venues where Cantonese Opera is performed are generally divided into temporary theaters and permanent stages. During the Ming Dynasty, when people were well off, large families would set up their own theater and recruit private troupes. Huangmei Opera is a kind of opera that was developed gradually from mountain songs, rice-planting songs, tea songs, tea-light picking, and flower-drum tunes, first in the countryside and then in the city. His origin can be traced back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, but the formation of a full-fledged theater, it is still a modern thing. During this period of time, he absorbed the essence of Han Opera, Chu Opera, Gaoqiang, Caicha Opera, Peking Opera and many other sister arts, so that he gradually perfected and became a famous opera. When talking about this famous opera, we can't help noticing that the group performing this kind of opera has also gone through such a long development process. He is also from scratch, from small to large, from simple to complex, gradually perfected. It can also be said that the formation and development of Huangmei Opera and the formation and development of his performing groups are complementary. Throughout the Huangmei Opera performance activities, from amateur to professional, can be roughly divided into four stages． Flower Drum Opera is a collective name for the flower drum operas, tea picking operas, lamp operas and Yang Hua Liu operas from Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Guangdong. The main tunes are derived from folk tunes, such as Flower Drum Opera, Causeway Opera, Chuan Opera, Kouzi Opera, and Tubular Opera. The repertoire of Huadu Opera in Hunan has more than 400 plays, and in Hubei there is the saying of "thirty-six big books and seventy-two small ones", most of which reflect the people's labor, love between men and women, and family conflicts, for example, "Beating Birds", "Plate Flowers", "Xuemei Teaches Her Son", "Whipping Reed Flower", "Embroidering Lotus Bags", "Catching Up with the Son on the Road", "Chopping Woodcutter in Liu Hai", "Mending the Pot", "Sueing the Scripture", "Mending the Pot", "Sueing the Scripture", and so on. Mending Pot", "Sue Jing Cheng", "Buckwheat Records", "Tian Xian Matching", "Drunken Flower Leader" and so on. There are also some plays with Yu Laoshi and Zhang Dehe as the main characters, all of which reflect the local customs with a strong local flavor. Therefore, Flower Drum Opera is very close to the life of local people. Coupled with different languages, different masters, and different genres, each region has its own style and characteristics, so there are various kinds of Flower Drum Opera.
And the Tibetan opera is
Performance program
The Tibetan opera has gradually formed a relatively fixed program in hundreds of years of performance practice.
The performances of Tibetan opera are generally square plays, and a few of them are also stage performances. When performing, the make-up is relatively simple, in addition to wearing masks, the other is the general powder and red fat, no complex face.
The musical instruments are also relatively simple. There is only one drum and one cymbal for percussion, and during the performance, there is one person who introduces the development of the plot to the audience with a quick board. There are very few human dialogues in the play, and the actors concentrate on chanting. Because of the square performance, the actors' singing voice is high and loud, and there are many dragging voices, which shows the rough and powerful character. There are usually backstage helpers, and the form is similar to that of Sichuan Opera.
Basic Mask Colors
The mask of the good - white (white represents purity)
The mask of the king - red (red represents majesty)
The mask of the consort --Green (green for softness, freshness)
Mask of the living Buddha - yellow (yellow for good luck)
Mask of the old peasant - white or yellow, eyes, mouth is a hole (represents the simplicity of the farmers)
Witch's mask - half black, half white (to symbolize her two-faced character)
Demon's mask - green fangs (to show the repression and horror)
The masks of the demons - green fangs (to show the repression and horror) < /p>